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Dole Bludgeoned
Dole Bludgeoned is episode 112 of the podcast, Boonta Vista. This episode was released on 20-Aug-2019.
Description
The whole crew is reunited to take a look at the Australian Media's recurring obsession with demonising welfare recipients and their tendency to believe any boss who claims he can't give away jobs that pay a million dollars a year. As always, check out our friends at the Australian Unemployed Workers Union online (unemployedworkersunion.com) and on Twitter (twitter.com/ausunemployment)
Intro Scenario
| Summary | Written by |
|---|---|
| Cold open: 9 News headline about cashless welfare card not stopping people buying stuff. Scenario: Waiting in line at Centrelink. | Andrew |
Hosts
Guests
No guests this episode.
Segments
| Timestamp | Segment | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0:02:45 | Unnamed Segment | Intro leads straight into the discussion of Dole Bludgers, the history of demonising welfare claimants |
| 0:27:20 | Unnamed Segment | Article repeating someone#s claims that they can't get people to take enormous wages to work laying floors, have to employ people on working visas, based on an amount they heard someone made one week after doing it for many years Ben also finds another article based on stuff they reckon in the past. |
| 0:47:00 | Unnamed Segment | Other ways the dole bludger myth is shown up: Wages and standard of living for working people also not improving, a cyber crime lab opens in Brisbane claiming to be combatting welfare fraud by spying on social media but the example given is a training provider scamming the government, and the Big Issue being weirdly multi-level-marketing in how it helps its sellers. |
| 1:04:30 | Unnamed Segment | Just a coda on the end of the episode where Ben talks briefly about a cool bigfoot artist he saw while in the US |
Episode Notes
Ben returns from his US trip
| Other Information | |
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| Outro Music | |
| Movies Referenced | The Flintstones (1994), Deep Blue Sea (1999) |
| Fad Diets | No |
| Crime Passes | No |
| Hundredth Episode Gong | N/A |